Ben Mauk
The Ultimate 80s Rock Documentary 'Heavy Metal Parking Lot' Will Never Die
We caught up with filmmaker Jeff Krulik on the 30th anniversary of his and John Heyn's seminal metal fan documentary.
The Ballad of Murder Eyez: In Germany with Syria’s Refugee Rapper
In peacetime, Abdul Rahman Masri became one of Syria's most celebrated rappers. Now a refugee in Germany, he's determined to speak for his home nation's lost generation.
Among the Tarkovsky Fanatics at an Underground Retrospective in Berlin
Since 1985, a literally underground movie theater has hosted an annual summer retrospective of the legendary Soviet auteur's time-bending films.
Bad Servants: Benoît Jacquot’s 'Diary of a Chambermaid' and a Critic’s Berlinale
Jacquot's film is compulsively watchable, refreshingly unsexy, and successful in its patchwork depiction of its protagonist's prison-like existence.
Scenery Seeks Movie: Herzog's 'Queen of the Desert' at the Berlinale
Werner Herzog has enacted the absurd over half a century of art and life—what can self-parody mean to him?
Jafar Panahi's Tehran Selfie: 'Taxi' Arrives at the Berlinale
The Iranian director's latest experimental feature, filmed in secret and smuggled out of his home country, is one of the Berlinale's most highly anticipated premieres.
